- Date
- December 11, 1976
- Place
- Morgan City, LA · MORGAN CITY, LA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N49669Bell 206B
- Status
- Completed · report February 15, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761211040089A
- Case key
- 156657
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3870 76/12/11 NR.MORGAN CITY,LA BELL 206B CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 7027 TIME - 0856 N49669 PX- 0 0 2 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 2724 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SHIP SHOAL 168A DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MORGAN CITY,LA SHIP SHOAL 154 TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: MAIN ROTOR STATIC: IDLING ROTORS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) ROTORCRAFT - ROTOR ASSEMBLIES: MAIN ROTOR HEAD ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE REMARKS- TENSION TORSION STRAP SEPARATED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N49669
- Reported as
- Bell 206B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ship Shoal 168a
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.